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Nadya is a student in biological physics. She plans to use her award to help pay for books. She is originally from Moscow, Russia.

David is studying experimental condensed matter physics, specifically semiconductor and patterned media experiments. The award will cover his tuition costs for next year. He is originally from St. Cloud, MN

Shivaraj is interested in the search for gravitational waves using the LIGO experiment. He plans to use his fellowship as summer research support. He is originally from India.

Vanessa will be a senior working in Shaul Hanany's observational cosmology laboratory. She is interested in pursuing either observational cosmology or astronomy in graduate school. She plans to use the tuition to help her take extra classes and allow her to stay working in Hanany's Lab. She is originally from Brookings, SD.

Nathan is a student in high energy physics working with Professor Mans on aspects of the trigger system in the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) detector at CERN. nathan is originally from Minneapolis and plans to continue in high energy physics professionally.

Adam is student focused on solid state physics. He will be working this summer on liquid crystals and plans to apply his award money toward next year's tuition. Adam is originally from Altoona, WI.

Masaya Nishioka is a student in experimental condensed matter physics. He is studying the transport properties on carbon-based devices, especially organic field effect transistors and graphene spin valves.
He plans to use the award to help with expenses after graduation. Nishioka is originally from Japan.

Can is pursuing his undergraduate degree with hopes to study experimental physics in graduate school. He is originally from China and will use the scholarship to help cover the cost of non-resident tuition.

Martha Boyer is a student in observational astrophysics originally from St. Paul, Minnesota. She is currently studying how evolved stars with low metal-contents in those galaxies are able to form dust and expel that dust to the interstellar medium of the galaxies. She may use her award money to visit the Magellan Telescopes in Chile this summer and to attend conferences in Germany and England.